Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-30
IN THE FARM HOME.

HEN Sheu1ng lima beans IN the fall So
lect the largest ones from the dry pods foi
tho next seasons seed
SEEDS Of melons, pumpkins and the like
should be obtained from ripe, well-shaped
specimens. They should be washed and
dried and stored in bags free from vermin
Foam SAUCE.-Beat cupful of butter to a
cream; mix with it two cupfuls granulated
sugar, the beaten whites of two eggs added
slowly, and half-cup boiling water. Set
the mixture over boiling water and beat un-
til frothy. Flavor TO taste.
PRErARE corn. for drying by first cutting
of about one-third of the grain, the remain
der next time, but not too close, and then
scrape the cob. This makes the corn sweet
er than when the whole grain is cut on
Dry in pans in the oven, stirring frequently.
As THE last drawn milk is the richest in
butter, great care should be taken that all
the milk in She udder be drawn, and this is
important not only on account of the value
OF such milk, but because the habit of leav-
ing part of the milk undrawn has a tend
ency TO dry up the cow and weaken her ca
pacity for yielding a full flow of milk an
other season.
BREAD CREDIBLE CAKEs.-Soak q small
bowl of bread over night in milk In the
morning mix half cupful of -four INTO
which is put one and one-half teaspoonfuls
of baking powder with one quart of milk,
three well-beaten eggs and a little salt
Beat up the bread with this batter until it is
very light and fry delicate brown. The
batter should be thick.
THE Japanese way of cooking rice is far
superior to any other. They pour on only
enough cold water to prevent the rice from
burning TO the pot, which has a close cover
and is set over moderate fire. The rice is
steamed until done and the cover removed,
allowing the surplus moisture to escape
This method leaves the rice in light, white
kernels instead of a soggy mass.
II too many families the saving OF gar
den seeds is neglected and in the spring
seed must be bought or the children sent to
more provident neighbors TO beg a supply
for planting. The careful housewife who
attends to this matter herself, gathering
seed from the best plants, will find that her
garden vegetables will improve every year
and she will be well repaid for her trouble
PEACH JELLY.-Wash and pare the fruit
Put the parings and the kernels Of a few
seeds into kettle, add a feW sliced I'M
paired apples, cover with water, boil slowly
till apples are soft and strain through a
muslin bag. Measure the juice and put into
kettle over a light fire. Skim as Soon as
the skum rises; boil down to one-half, add
as much sugar as juice and boil briskly I'M
til done.
Pan DowDY.-Make crust as for baking
powder biscuit, roll it nearly as thin as pie
crust and cover with pared and quartered
sour apples; bake in a moderate oven until
the apples are done and the crust Drowned;
cut the crust in the center and lay half Cd
dish, spread with half the apples and add
butter, sugar and spies; then lay on the
other half OF crust, the remainder Of the APP
pies and season as before.
THE practice of moving a great quantity
of green grass and carrying it to the horse
has dangerous side; as sometimes done,
believe it causes collie. Some farmers cut
clover or rye the last thing at night, while it
is still wet with dew, and fill the manger with
it. When q horse is not used to such treat
ment he is sure to bloat Such mass of wet,
green food. is liable to ferment. If is safer
to cut the feed at noon and let it wilt all the
afternoon.
APPLE CHARLoTTE.-Butter a pudding
dish and line it with thin slices of stale
bread, buttered on both sides; put in q thick
layer Of sour apples, sliced thin, sugar and
little cinnamon, with bits of butter over
the apples, then another layer of bread and
apples again until the dish is full Have
the top layer of apples with the seasoning;
cover the dish and bake slowly an hour;
then take off the cover and let the apples
brown little on the top. Serve with cream.
FEEDING with wet corn-fodder is danger
Gus, and more so when a horse Is wearied
with hard work in the field. When green
fodder is fed, the horse should have first q
small quantity of dry hay or cut feed only
slightly moistened and with an ounce Of
salt mixed with it. After the keen edge Of
the hunger is taken off, then the fodder
may be given, and viii be eaten slowly and
masticated thoroughly. \ well-lnasticated
and salivated meal will not fermcnt in the
stomach and produce collie.
HONEY is recommended as an article of
great medicinal value. 1t is excellent in
most throat and lung affections, and is often
used in place of cod liver oil with great
benefit. Occasionally there are found per-
sons with whom it does not agree, as is the
case with other articles of food, but the ma
jority can learn to use it with beneficial re-
suits. Children, who have more natural
appetites, generally prefer it to butter with
their bread. Honey is a laxative and
sedative, and in disease of bladder and kid
neys it is an excellent remedy.